The spurt in logistics management organisations is affecting the bottom line of companies. In order to have a competitive edge over others, many logistics service providers are adopting business intelligence (BI) to improve their performance and meet the needs of their growing client base.
An article by Dhiren Gala in Smart Logistics, December 2010 issue.
Enabling Sales and Distribution with the CloudInfosys
Cloud-based solutions can offer an ideal way forward, standardizing processes, business capabilities, ensuring better integration of data, lowering the total cost of ownership, improving time to market, and ensuring scalability and flexibility. This view point explores how CPG companies can leverage Cloud capabilities to support their growth aspirations in developing and emerging markets.
UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
Dear Shareholder,
Successful companies choose what they want to do and then they
actually do it better than others. While doing so, they learn and improve.
As we close the year, we can look back and count many things that we
achieved and did well. At the same time, there is tremendous
opportunity ahead.
This past year, we at MphasiS sustained our transformation journey and
sharpened our focus in key areas. We chose our strategy and executed
to plan. While we did this, we looked at improving our profitability. The
combination of operational excellence and improved quality of revenue
helped us achieve this goal.
Our hyper-specialisation journey continues and is generating a higher
quality pipeline. The changing landscape of the services market place
offers us a unique opportunity to surge ahead in our select areas.
In line with the above direction, we are embarking on an exciting journey.
Our next phase of three years will see us drive greater differentiation through several efforts such as:
• Greater investment in Go-to-Market activity while keeping an eye on maintaining our margins. We are confident that this will translate into more investment in Sales, Solutioning and Marketing.
• Be known for having one of the best sales and customer engagement teams. To enable this, we have engaged a top notch consulting firm, which will help with the transformation.
• Achieve leadership in select areas of emerging services. We have chosen Mobility and Advanced Analytics. You will see us making investments in these two areas.
• Invest in building partnerships in chosen solution segments and be known for best-of-breed services in the solution areas. We are going to build a team that will manage this solution business with first class ‘domain experts’.
We are building an engine crucial for our success. This will result in attracting and nurturing world-class professionals.
Our fundamentals are strong and we have demonstrated our strategy in action. This journey is by no means complete. We are excited by the enthusiasm, participation and partnership of employees,customers and shareholders.
We have miles to go and I am confident that some of our efforts today will set a benchmark for the industry in the future.
Regards,
Ganesh Ayyar
CEO
Enabling Sales and Distribution with the CloudInfosys
Cloud-based solutions can offer an ideal way forward, standardizing processes, business capabilities, ensuring better integration of data, lowering the total cost of ownership, improving time to market, and ensuring scalability and flexibility. This view point explores how CPG companies can leverage Cloud capabilities to support their growth aspirations in developing and emerging markets.
UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
Dear Shareholder,
Successful companies choose what they want to do and then they
actually do it better than others. While doing so, they learn and improve.
As we close the year, we can look back and count many things that we
achieved and did well. At the same time, there is tremendous
opportunity ahead.
This past year, we at MphasiS sustained our transformation journey and
sharpened our focus in key areas. We chose our strategy and executed
to plan. While we did this, we looked at improving our profitability. The
combination of operational excellence and improved quality of revenue
helped us achieve this goal.
Our hyper-specialisation journey continues and is generating a higher
quality pipeline. The changing landscape of the services market place
offers us a unique opportunity to surge ahead in our select areas.
In line with the above direction, we are embarking on an exciting journey.
Our next phase of three years will see us drive greater differentiation through several efforts such as:
• Greater investment in Go-to-Market activity while keeping an eye on maintaining our margins. We are confident that this will translate into more investment in Sales, Solutioning and Marketing.
• Be known for having one of the best sales and customer engagement teams. To enable this, we have engaged a top notch consulting firm, which will help with the transformation.
• Achieve leadership in select areas of emerging services. We have chosen Mobility and Advanced Analytics. You will see us making investments in these two areas.
• Invest in building partnerships in chosen solution segments and be known for best-of-breed services in the solution areas. We are going to build a team that will manage this solution business with first class ‘domain experts’.
We are building an engine crucial for our success. This will result in attracting and nurturing world-class professionals.
Our fundamentals are strong and we have demonstrated our strategy in action. This journey is by no means complete. We are excited by the enthusiasm, participation and partnership of employees,customers and shareholders.
We have miles to go and I am confident that some of our efforts today will set a benchmark for the industry in the future.
Regards,
Ganesh Ayyar
CEO
Presentation 2012-10-12-13 Value Chain Management in Transportation System v1Nopporn Thepsithar
2012-10-12-13 เล่าประสบการเรื่อง Value Chain Management in Transportation System ให้นักศึกษาปริญญาโท CEO MBA ในวิชา MB 523 การจัดการห่วงโซ่คุณค่าและลูกค้าสัมพันธ์ มหาวิทยาลัยหอการค้า
UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
Consumer driven supply chain with ONE networkNicole Walker
Why Every Company in the Value Chain Should Care About the End-Consumer
One Network can help your company become consumer-driven.
Why is that important?
Let’s begin with today’s consumer. There’s you, me, and about 7 billion others...
Today’s consumers want the right price, the best quality, and they want it now. What does that mean for your business?
Consider that your success - or failure - eventually depends on whether your end consumers are satisfied. This is true for all companies, in every industry, delivering every kind of product or service. They all exist to eventually serve an end consumer.
Shouldn’t your company be doing all of the right things to ensure success – and the consumer’s satisfaction?
The problem is, you've inherited a tangled mess of disconnected software system that focus on your internal processes and immediate trading partners. This is actually IGNORING the end consumer!
UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
Managed transportation programs leverage technology and knowledge to bring greater savings, while allowing clients to focus on their core competencies. With minimal start-up expense, no licensing fees and quick and easy implementation it is no wonder why so many organizations are choosing the managed transportation route for dramatic cost and process improvements within their supply chain.
Customer centric digital platform for utilities: Process to valueCapgemini
New digital technologies like smart metering and smart
homes, together with the rise of mobile connectivity and
social media, are playing a major role in transforming
how utilities and customers interact
IBM's Transformation from Project to Program and Portfolio Management Member Content
- by William C. Britton, PMP
IBM Certified Executive Project Manager
To succeed, a number of project management processes, policies, and organizational constructs were established or reinforced to ensure consistent excellence in service delivery.
APIS - Analytical Port Information System - a set of methods and software components to support the analytical, monitoring, publishing, controlling work and business development.
http://apis.paradigma.net/
Infosys – Order management | CRM & SRM Case Study | SolutionInfosys
The Infosys order management solution envisages collaboration on the order planning process. This technology solution integrates with SRM and CRM applications within an organization to help identify customer and supplier prioritization
Business Process Management (BPM) adoption is increasing world-wide, because the technology provides immediate ROI and enables competitiveness by delivering organizational agility. In fact, a recent study from Gartner found that 78% of successful BPM projects delivered an internal rate of return greater than 15%, with some returns as high as 100% or 360%. This paper discusses how BPM enables organizational agility and delivers immediate ROI.
Shifting Trends - BI for Logistics IndustryDhiren Gala
Shifting Trends - BI for Logistics Industry
With wafer thin margins, corporates are introducing business intelligence to boost efficiencies reports Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd.
Presentation 2012-10-12-13 Value Chain Management in Transportation System v1Nopporn Thepsithar
2012-10-12-13 เล่าประสบการเรื่อง Value Chain Management in Transportation System ให้นักศึกษาปริญญาโท CEO MBA ในวิชา MB 523 การจัดการห่วงโซ่คุณค่าและลูกค้าสัมพันธ์ มหาวิทยาลัยหอการค้า
UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
Consumer driven supply chain with ONE networkNicole Walker
Why Every Company in the Value Chain Should Care About the End-Consumer
One Network can help your company become consumer-driven.
Why is that important?
Let’s begin with today’s consumer. There’s you, me, and about 7 billion others...
Today’s consumers want the right price, the best quality, and they want it now. What does that mean for your business?
Consider that your success - or failure - eventually depends on whether your end consumers are satisfied. This is true for all companies, in every industry, delivering every kind of product or service. They all exist to eventually serve an end consumer.
Shouldn’t your company be doing all of the right things to ensure success – and the consumer’s satisfaction?
The problem is, you've inherited a tangled mess of disconnected software system that focus on your internal processes and immediate trading partners. This is actually IGNORING the end consumer!
UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
Managed transportation programs leverage technology and knowledge to bring greater savings, while allowing clients to focus on their core competencies. With minimal start-up expense, no licensing fees and quick and easy implementation it is no wonder why so many organizations are choosing the managed transportation route for dramatic cost and process improvements within their supply chain.
Customer centric digital platform for utilities: Process to valueCapgemini
New digital technologies like smart metering and smart
homes, together with the rise of mobile connectivity and
social media, are playing a major role in transforming
how utilities and customers interact
IBM's Transformation from Project to Program and Portfolio Management Member Content
- by William C. Britton, PMP
IBM Certified Executive Project Manager
To succeed, a number of project management processes, policies, and organizational constructs were established or reinforced to ensure consistent excellence in service delivery.
APIS - Analytical Port Information System - a set of methods and software components to support the analytical, monitoring, publishing, controlling work and business development.
http://apis.paradigma.net/
Infosys – Order management | CRM & SRM Case Study | SolutionInfosys
The Infosys order management solution envisages collaboration on the order planning process. This technology solution integrates with SRM and CRM applications within an organization to help identify customer and supplier prioritization
Business Process Management (BPM) adoption is increasing world-wide, because the technology provides immediate ROI and enables competitiveness by delivering organizational agility. In fact, a recent study from Gartner found that 78% of successful BPM projects delivered an internal rate of return greater than 15%, with some returns as high as 100% or 360%. This paper discusses how BPM enables organizational agility and delivers immediate ROI.
Shifting Trends - BI for Logistics IndustryDhiren Gala
Shifting Trends - BI for Logistics Industry
With wafer thin margins, corporates are introducing business intelligence to boost efficiencies reports Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd.
Analytics applications are designed to measure, predict, and optimize business performance; they are used to analyze specific data related to particular aspects of a business. This paper discusses how Pivotal CRM Analytics can help companies across a range of industries improve their effectiveness through practical, low-cost CRM analytics applications.
Consolidation of Warehouses and efficient integration of superior technology resulted in improved efficiency and reduction of costs for a telecom giant.
Similar to Business Intelligence in Logistics (20)
The retail industry is at the forefront of the Big Data revolution, with every point-of-sale transaction, website click, or social media post potentially revealing an insight into the customer’s preferences and buying behaviour. The capability to harness this information effectively to provide optimal pricing and enhanced customer experience can be a game-changer for retailers.
MAIA Intelligence was invited to give a technical session on MS-SQL at Microsoft Dreamspark Yatra 2012 event in which around 300 budding techies learnt about the emerging technologies
MAIA Intelligence profiled on DQ Channel TreeDhiren Gala
MAIA Intelligence: Adding Social Media Benefits
While the concept and activity of partner-to-partner networking, reselling vendor products and adding services are not new; the evolution of social media technology has created new platforms and opportunities
- Hiten Rathod, Head - Strategic Alliances & Channels
Original article published in Cybermedia's DQ Channel, December 2011
postXBRL is an XBRL reporting offering from MAIA Intelligence available on both SaaS and On-Premise model. This presentation gives an glimpse of product on both models.
Sanjay Mehta, CEO of MAIA Intelligence, highlights
the barriers preventing IT managers from adopting business intelligence, while delving into its innovations and capabilities.
This is an excerpts from an interview taken by N. Geetha, Executive Editor, ITNext and published in October 2011 issue by 9Dot9 Media.
Compliance to Compete -
XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) & Analytics
Recent MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) mandate for certain class of companies to file their balance sheet and profit & loss statements in XBRL format has now made it necessary for the corporates to understand the XBRL and its advantages and the process of converting their financial statements in the required format.
XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language - an language for the electronic communication of business and financial data which provides major benefits in the preparation, analysis and communication of business information and offers cost savings, greater efficiency and improved accuracy and reliability to all those involved in supplying or using financial data; now being put to practical use in a number of countries including India
XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language. It is one of a family of "XML" languages which is becoming a standard means of communicating information between businesses and on the internet.
eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is an extended XML, a tagged data (meta-data) which is machine readable and a standard way to communicate business & financial info.
This presentation introduces XBRL & MAIA Intelligence's postXBRL solution with BI for financial reporting.
For the last 20 years, organisations have invested into transformation of the entire financial consolidation process from ERP accounting systems to financial consolidation software in order to improve the way of tackling the challenge of Financial Close & Balance Sheet Consolidation with modern software solutions. Despite these
investments, more than 90 per cent of organisations still rely on spreadsheets to gather information from disparate financial systems and perform variance analysis on financial statements, compiling information from multiple sources. The requirement for transparency in financial statements is non-negotiable, and this starts with the financial close and reporting process. Financial consolidation software solutions have certainly
improved the process, driving organisations towards a more consistent chart of accounts, and supporting the period end processes, such as allocations and inter-company eliminations. However, when looking at the actual activities that finance employees perform each month, it is clear that there are still significant gaps. This article provides a realistic view of the use of technology to improve the financial close and reporting process
and achieve increased quality, accountability, auditability, efficiency and ultimately, regulatory compliance.
Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd. authored this article for The Chartered Accountant (CA) Journal, March 2011.
Experiments with Social Media & NetworkingDhiren Gala
Mr. Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence was invited for speaking at the Computer Society of India, Nashik Chapter's FutureNet - The Future of Internet conference on February 6, 2011.
Sanjay shares his experience on experimenting with the social media and how social networking helped him leverage the MAIA 1KEY & personal brand.
Best Deployment: Raymond opts for 1KEY FCM - Financial ConsolidationDhiren Gala
The Perfect man becomes more intelligent
Mumbai-based Raymond needed a solution which could satisfy the functionality and ability to get all financial data on a single platform. MAIA Intelligence along with Mondial IT Consultants helped meet their expectations.
Minakshi Shetty of DQ Channels (Cybermedia) speaks to Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence, Vivek Kale, CIO, Raymond Limited and Sharad Kumar Agarwal, Director, Mondial IT Consultants
Business Intelligence (BI) in Pharmaceuticals - An aid in informed decision making
Currently, the demand for BI solutions is largely driven by MNCs & large enterprises. BI solutions seem to have gained more acceptance and significance in pharma industry where time plays a pivotal role in the future of the company. The article from Modern Pharmaceuticals, reviews the importance of BI solutions to the
Indian pharma industry.
- Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd.
Business Intelligence addresses the challenges
faced by ports and terminals by providing comprehensive solutions for real-time planning,
management and control of operations.
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What the next generation will expect of BI applications? How generational shift will drive changes in BI tools and technology? How the roles of BI professionals will be transformed? How the uses of BI systems will grow and change?
Data Visualization with Dashboard & KPI
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1KEY Dashboard and 1KEY KPI are some of the many modules of 1KEY Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting Analytics Software which connects to multiple applications, multiple database to give a comprehensive data analysis, data mining, and multi-dimensional visual reporting solution, able to slice and dice information efficiently providing an extremely intuitive experience. 1KEY BI is powerful enough & conceived to help the business user to understand their data, to compare and contrast scenarios, and to deliver this information inside and outside of their organization which helps make informed decisions at all levels in an organization.
Business Intelligence (BI) for ManufacturingDhiren Gala
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Business Intelligence (BI) for Construction IndustryDhiren Gala
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Construction industry today has undergone lots of transformation in their operational methodologies and processes. It is becoming ever more competitive and complex. More businesses now need to rely on fact-based decision making and analytics to get ahead.
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Business Intelligence in Logistics
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The spurt in logistics management organisations is affecting the bottom line of companies. In
order to have a competitive edge over others, many logistics service providers are adopting
business intelligence (BI) to improve their performance and meet the needs of their growing
client base.
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increase in the number of organisations Today, 3PL plays a critical role in partners that can optimise the supply
offering logistics services has led to thin the supply chain. They are increasingly chain, reduce the cycle time and provide
margins, thus affecting the bottom line viewed as strategic partners that can play unprecedented customer responsiveness.
growth of organisations. a pivotal role in optimising the supply These services can be effectively provided
Companies today are leaving no chain, thereby providing a sustained by using information technology (IT).
stone unturned to cut costs and boost competitive advantage. In order to More advanced 3PL providers have
efficiencies. They have incorporated effectively manage supply chains, 3PL already embraced IT to enable better
automation in their operations, ranging need to constantly analyse data collected coordination of activities by providing
from enterprise resource planning (ERP) from various sources and convert it into tracing and tracking facility to clients. But
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to transportation management system actionable information. Here, BI tools like this is not sufficient to ensure a sustained
(TMS). However, despite giving these data warehousing and online analytical competitive advantage. 3PL providers
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to changes in the market. IT An InTEGRAL pART OF requirements, and users must be able to
Logistics, which is a subset of a supply ThE DECISIOn-MAkInG use them. In today’s competitive global
chain, relies heavily on transportation for
achieving complete execution. In a supply
pROCESS. economy, having the right information at
the right time is crucial to an organisation’s
chain, transportation is an important link ability to make strategic, tactical and
connecting various entities. Moreover, processing (OLAP) can significantly help operational decisions.
transportation plays a significant role 3PL achieve this objective. By providing To better understand their business,
in managing inventory levels. Although a unified view of the entire supply chain, organisations need intuitive query and
manufacturers adopt the Total Cost of these tools can improve the functioning reporting tools to access critical business
Ownership model for managing their of basic 3PL services like transportation information, which will help both
logistics costs, transportation still plays a management, warehousing and inventory advanced and consumer-level users. BI
major role in determining the number of management. 3PL can also leverage is fast gaining recognition across most
facilities and their corresponding inventory BI tools to provide their clients with industries and among organisations that
levels for the associated stock keeping information specific to their supply want to leverage its capabilities to gain a
units (SKUs). Most organisations prefer chain, thereby increasing their market competitive advantage.
to outsource transportation due to its responsiveness. BI tools can thus, help BI can be grouped into the following
asset intensiveness and distinct nature of 3PL improve their internal organisational categories:
operations. functions including human resources and Business operations reporting: This
Manufacturers are dependent on third financial management. is the most common form of BI and
party logistics (3PL) for their transportation
needs. Most 3PL have matured from being
Key Performance IndIcaTors for 3PL
basic transportation service providers to
3PL Process Key Performance Indicators
providers of other value-added services
like pickups, storage and packing. Total order receipt time, order information accuracy,
Order receipt
revenue per order
3PL can be categorised depending
on the type of services they offer. The Planning accuracy, capacity utilisation, resource
Vehicle load planning
3PL providers are actually transportation utilisation, load balancing
service providers (TSPs), but have Route utilisation, scheduling accuracy, rate of route
Vehicle routing & scheduling
matured to provide other value-added addition/removal, vehicle availability
services often covering the entire logistics Vehicle loading time, on-time vehicle dispatch, order
Dispatch operations
need of an organisation. dispatch accuracy
Over the last few decades, the role Rate of update of location information, average
Goods in transit
of logistics management has undergone a transit time, cost of transportation per tonne
paradigm shift. It is now widely recognised On-time vehicle arrival, vehicle unloading time, order
Receiving operations
as an extremely important aspect of the receipt accuracy, percentage of damaged goods
overall business strategy. Also, various Total order delivery time, on-time deliveries, goods
Order delivery
factors have increased the complexity of delivery error rate
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3. I
Business intelligence in logistics, continued
often manifests itself in the standard • Analysis of the ebb and flow of
weekly or monthly reports that need to n TODAy’S COMpETITIvE businesses across services, regions,
be produced.
dashboard: The primary purpose of a
GLOBAL ECOnOMy, hAvInG clients, pricing, currencies, market
factors in time, etc.
dashboard is to convey information at a ThE RIGhT InFORMATIOn The indirect benefits include improvement
glance. Here, there is little, if any, need for AT ThE RIGhT TIME in:
drilling down on the data.
multidimensional analysis: This refers
IS CRuCIAL TO An • Sales performance
• Data quality
to the ‘slicing and dicing’ of data. It offers ORGAnISATIOn’S ABILITy TO • Productivity.
an insight into numbers at a more granular
level. To acquire the necessary data, a solid
MAkE STRATEGIC, TACTICAL Various KPIs can be defined by an
organisation in conjunction with its BI
data warehousing/data mart back-end and AnD OpERATIOnAL consultants to capitalise on BI technologies
business-savvy analysts are required. DECISIOnS. available in the market. Adopting BI in an
finding correlation among different organisation is now considered more a
factors: This entails diving deep into need than a luxury. 3PL can implement BI
BI. Most IT-enabled organisations hoc access to data on an as-needed basis. solutions covering either key operations
consider data as a wealth of information. These tools insulate users from the details or the operations covering their entire
Organisations are moving towards surrounding the retrieval of information organisation. Irrespective of the acceptance
adopting BI to obtain accurate information from the data warehouse. level and the kind of implementation, the
on its various stakeholders. Thus, BI can data visualisation tools: These tools benefits realised should be in totality.
be adopted and applied in the daily visually interpret complex relationships BI is here to stay, as the rate of
activities of organisations to make the in multidimensional data. Graphics tools adoption is increasing with organisations
most of the data generated by various are used to illustrate data relationships. looking at data as one of the key assets.
Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) Dashboards and scorecards help Data needs to be harvested in a beneficial
systems within an organisation. organisations work on data by providing an manner to gain an edge over competitors.
instrument for making decisions, delivering It must be harvested by using a proper BI
ovErviEW of Bi toolS on long-term plans, responding quickly solution that has a unique BI strategy. 3PL,
BI provides tools that deliver information to market changes, providing greater which adopt BI solutions, would be able to
to decision makers. The information control over the execution of strategy analyse present behaviour or market and
comes from relational data sources or and promoting accountability. Both are other related activities as well as predict
enterprise applications (eg, ERP, customer dynamic tools that enable organisations future behaviour and suggest actions.
relationship management, supply chain). BI respond to short-term market changes Thus, 3PL should embrace BI in its
includes the following tools: and support tactical decisions. nascent stages to stay competitive. It
Query tools: Standard query tools allow should encourage the organisation to use
users to view information by answering KEY PErformancE inDicatorS high-end BI solutions to remain successful
a series of predefined questions. These Key performance indicators (KPIs) are in the race for market leadership and
tools resolve the need for users to important for the implementation of BI, customer satisfaction.
combine, analyse and export information as KPIs defined for the various processes
from several sources by using a static would enable the data to be analysed and Bi SolutionS for EffEctivE
format. The standard query tool is an presented to the user. BI uses KPIs to functioning
excellent mechanism for segmenting the present the data in a dashboard. The 3PL industry is in a state of flux.
user population into groups. The groups Further, 3PL can use OLAP tools to Internet, supply chain management and
include users who need ad hoc query generate Management Information System globalisation have made sweeping changes
capabilities, prompted query capabilities (MIS) reports for evaluating operations in the existing business models of 3PL. To
and static query capabilities. performed in an organisation. Reporting compete in this market, a 3PL has to
reporting tools: Reporting tools tools significantly help 3PL in making continuously improve the existing services,
help present information in a clear decisions for managing daily operations. add new technology-based services and
format. These tools address the need 3PL can also use Data Mining make its internal organisational functions
for organisations to create permanent tools to evaluate internal and external more effective with the help of various
records representing the business at any strategic factors, and identify business BI tools.
point in time. The records then can be and operations behaviour patterns. Data Recognising the need for an effective
easily disseminated to others. Because of Mining tools thus, help 3PL take strategic BI solution is just the first step. The real
the formal nature of the information that as well as tactical decisions. challenge is to make it an integral part of
reporting tools represent, it is important the decision-making process. It is critical
to develop procedures to maintain and BEnEfitS of uSing Bi to set clear business objectives for the BI
update the data presented by them. The direct benefits of using BI include: solution, with total support from the top
oLaP tools: OLAP tools help users • Reduction in turnaround time for management.
who require intensive data analysis preparation of reports
capabilities to ‘drill’ seamlessly into • Direct and faster access to data needed Courtesy: Dhiren Gala, Manager – Operations
information. These provide users with ad to support decision making MAIA Intelligence
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